The Sansi shop in Ruzhou is located in the center of the state city, not far to the west is the state government, the east is the Liangxian county government, and the south of the shop is a place where a large number of porcelain shops gather. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoRu porcelain armor in the world, not only large output, but also good quality, marketing Quartet. From Jianghan in the south to Shaanxi in the north, countless merchants sold porcelain from here to sell.

Due to the majority of mountainous land in the territory, there is very little cultivated land, there are not many households in Ruzhou, and the economy is not developed, so there is a big gap between it and Xu, Chen, Ying, and Cai Prefectures in front of Xu Ping. Even so, Ruzhou's commercial tax is still higher than that of Zhengzhou and Mengzhou, relying on the porcelain industry here. Most of the large households in the state are related to the porcelain industry.

Taking advantage of the cool weather in the evening, Xu Ping changed into civilian clothes, and together with Zhao Chen, the governor of Zhizhou, and Li Ji, the magistrate of Fangcheng County, who was here, he brought Tan Hu and a few other guards, went out of the state office, and went to the state city to have a casual look.

At this time, it is the height of summer, and although the sun has set in the west and is no longer scorching, there is still a heat wave on the ground. After walking on the road for a while, I felt that the stone slab under my feet was hot, the hot wind blew on my face, and the sweat flowed down unconsciously.

In the small state city, almost no avenue has a car pulling porcelain, heading in all directions.

Xu Ping said to Zhao Yan beside him: "If I didn't see it here, it was hard to believe that Ruzhou produced so much porcelain." Xiping, in the future, with the Sansi shop, you can ask the official kilns in the state to cooperate with them and sell porcelain to distant places. ”

"The last time I saw Judge Liu, I already talked about it, and he agreed. However, the meaning of the three divisions is to sell to the south, and now the road from Ruzhou to Dengzhou is still a little inconvenient, and the business has not been done. ”

Xu Ping said to Li Jing: "The road to the south must be hurried, it is best to repair it to Dengzhou this year, at least to Nanyang." ”

"Xia Guan understands. Now the difficulty is the road around Lushanguan, from the mouth of the three crows, dozens of miles are mountain roads, to open up a road that can drive big cars is really not easy. The bridge road army promised to build this section of the road before winter no matter what. ”

Xu Ping nodded and didn't say anything. Lushan Pass is an important pass in the Central Plains to the south, not just a pass, but a mountain road that stretches for 80 miles from Lushan County in Ruzhou in the north to Nanyang County in Dengzhou in the south. Since the pre-Qin period, it has been the key place for the Chu State to enter the Central Plains in the north, and the road is narrow and rugged along the river valley. If you don't take Lushan Pass, the road connecting the Central Plains and the Jianghan region will go around to Xuzhou, and the important place is Yuncheng, which is the route of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition in history.

After opening up the Lushan Pass, the center of the Central Plains and the Jianghan region, Luoyang in the north and Xiangzhou in the south, the Tang Dynasty and previous dynasties were basically this pattern. If the Central Plains is centered on Kaifeng, then the road will move eastward, from Kaifeng Mansion to Xuzhou, through Yuncheng, through Xinyang Army, to Ezhou, that is, the Wuhan area in later generations. Since the capital of Kaifeng, the status of the road in Lushanguan declined, while the eastern line flourished, achieving the prosperity of Xuzhou and Caizhou.

Xu Ping wanted to build Luoyang into the center of industry and commerce in this era, and the importance of the Lushanguan Road in Ruzhou was mentioned to the strategic height, and after the road was repaired, the pattern of Luoyang was alive.

Between Wanluo, which was once the cornerstone of the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Nanyang Basin and the Luoyang Basin supported a huge empire in the south and north. The Luoyang Basin is in the north, the west is connected to Guanzhong, the east is connected to the Central Plains, and there is a road to the north to the east of the river, which is what people often say at this time is in the world. The Nanyang Basin and the Xiangyang Basin are one, not only in terms of their own geographical conditions and population, but more importantly, they are located in the Hanshui Basin, which is connected with the vast middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Repairing the dozens of miles of mountain roads in Lushan Pass is a strategic layout, and it is not only a traffic problem that solves it.

There is a tea shed opposite the three shops, there are still few people at this time, Xu Ping wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, and said to Zhao Yan: "Let's go to the tea shed and sit down to see how the business of the three shops here is." ”

Tan Hu hurriedly ran forward, went to the tea shop shed and picked a few clean tables and stools to stand, and asked the host to pick a clean bowl to serve tea.

After sitting down and drinking tea for a while, Xu Ping saw the people coming and going in the Sansi shop opposite, constantly selling big cars out, and couldn't help but say to Zhao Yan beside him: "At this time, the road is not open, and the big car can't go south, why are there so many people buying?" ”

Zhao Yan said with a smile: "Speaking of which, it's not because of the porcelain produced in this state. Usually merchants use Taiping carts to transport porcelain, although there are a lot of loads, but a car requires several people, not to mention the wages given, even if it is not easy to hire people. It's different with a cart, as long as the livestock is properly raised, it doesn't actually cost much forage. In addition, this year, the horse supervisor in Xuzhou sold more horses, and scrapped horses and cattle into the household, so naturally there were more people buying cars. ”

Li Jing also said: "Another point, Ruzhou is close to Dengzhou, where there are a lot of cattle sold from Jinghu Road, and it is cheaper and convenient to buy cattle here than in other places." The carts sold in the shop can be used as both horse-drawn carriages and ox carts, and there are many people who use them. ”

"But I forgot this, most of the cattle on Jingxi Road come from Jinghu Road, and it is really convenient here in Ruzhou."

Nanyang cattle is an excellent breed of native cattle in China, and it has a prototype at this time, and it is precisely because of this geographical advantage. Dengzhou is Nanyang County, Wusheng Army Festival, although Nanyang is a county under the rule, but the county name Nanyang can also be used to refer to Dengzhou. It is a common thing in this era that the name of the county does not match the name of the state, for example, Luoyang is Henan Mansion, but Henan County is Yingtianfu, which is a historical legacy.

Looking at the three shops opposite, the business that comes and goes is either cars or porcelain, although there are other businesses, but compared with these two, it is not worth mentioning.

Xu Ping sighed: "It is often said that things should be done according to the local friendship, and after looking at the three shops here, I realized that this is true." Will you see this in other states? I think half of the families in this state city live on porcelain. ”

Du Cao is right, in fact, more than half of the people who make a living from porcelain. Although Ruzhou is small, the porcelain market here is the largest in the world, and half of the state army under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty has Ruzhou porcelain for sale. ”

Silk and porcelain were the two most important commodities in ancient China, and the other was naturally tea, and because tea was an official monopoly at this time, silk and porcelain became even more important. Ruzhou has such a fist product, and the economic prospects are very bright. It's a pity that although it looks lively, the scale is still a little smaller due to inconvenient transportation.

Xu thought quietly, taking advantage of the intersection of Jingxi Road, the porcelain production here in Ruzhou can actually go to a higher level.